How then did it come to pass that Reiko found herself the carrier of the soul of the famed Atago? Perhaps by happenstance, or a distant familial relation, but, whatever the case, the slumbering soul of a warship resided inside her. Winter helped set her mind at ease, and it meant that she could spend more of her longer breaks from school with her family. Reiko, perhaps fittingly, always preferred snowy weather. Jokingly, her father always called her an ‘old soul.’ Instead, Reiko more often than not operated in a routine: she helped her mother around the house and in taking care of her siblings, and then spent time reading or studying or engaging in other pastimes.

There were no tragedies, no sudden loss of parent or sibling. Raised in a quiet, and modest background, Reiko’s early childhood was relatively mundane.

Indeed, much of her contentious and mindful disposition comes from the myriad of experiences and lessons imparted to her by her mother. Born in an unusually snowy April in Osaka, she showed a mature temperance, taking naturally to etiquette lessons given to her by her mother.

The eldest of five, Reiko was no stranger to the role of caretaker-even from an early age.

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